Behind the man, I watched Aleysia pad toward her bed, not sparing him a single glance. On passing, she smiled at me. “Oh. I thought you were asleep.” Trembling, I turned only slightly, to see the man still standing there, while my sister approached him from behind. Not an ounce of hesitation in her step. As if she couldn’t see him, at all, she practically waltzed right up alongside him.
